The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
A Bill to Reduce the Corporate
Limits Of Gainesville.
AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSED
NEW CHARTER OF PALATKA.
Chief, Excepting Paiatsa Heights IRON the Opera
tiOns OF the Bill EnsroSsed for
The Third Reading

| Special ta the P,lIutka Ns,r>
| TALLAHASSEE, FLA. MAY In thu.
| Senate, to-day, Gen. Miller introduced a
bill Incorporating the Chipl,y and ST.
Andrews Telephone Company.
Mr.. Chaires introduced hill creating
the boundary line between Taylor and
Lafayette Counties.
Most of the day was spent in the con
sideration, ON second reading, of the hill
Incorporating the Georgia. Florida and
Key West Railway. and substitute for
several bills on the subject of the prnte,.-
tion of game and game birds and birds
of plumage.
In the House several bills passed tn the
third reading. including the bill To- pro-
hibit the capital punishment of women;
the bill to divide Manatee County and
create DeSOta County therefrOm: the.
bill regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquors, etc: the bill regulating the record
ing of deeds: the bill To allow of the
challenge of jurors in Justice courts: the
bill concerning the issuing of writs and
other processes in certain cases: the hill
railroad tracks. the bill making all mon
eyes. etc, of railway companies in the
hands of agents subject To- garnishment:
and the bill To prevent the summoning
of unnecessary witnesses in criminal
casses.
Mr.. Washington introduced a bill to
reduce the corporate limits of Gaines
vile. and Mr.. Brown introduced a bill
providing for the division of counties
into assessment districts.
C3SFIRMATIoNs.
Among the cOnfirma tions made pub
lie, to-day, those of X. w. Phillips.
County Judge of Suwanee County: Jas.
III. Chandler, County Judge of Nolusia
County; j. a. Fortner. County Judge of
Polk County; j. ID. Broome, Judge of the
Seventh Circuit; David =. Walker.
Judge of the Second Circuit.
Ii is rumored that w. II. Hooker was
confirmed, to-day, as Judge of the Sixth
Circuit.
THE DAILY BALLOT.
The usual ballot was taken in joint ses-
sion, to-day, resulting as follows:
Perry ..-..-..-.--.--. o.. o. -
Bloxham .----..--- .---..--- ...----.- ~
Pasco -.- -- . .--... .-.--... lis
Goodrich. Observation-Disclosures ---.---.-.-. :
Mallory ....-...-.-- ...------.-.. 3
PALATKA's NEW CHARTER AMENDED.
The following are the proceedings in
detail on the second reading of the hill
to reorganize the municipal government
of Palatka in the Senate yesterday:
Mr.. Bryan moved TO adopt the follow
ing amendment, offered by the commit
tee: To amend Section /, after the
words djacent thereto" by adding '-eX-
cept the town of Palatka Heights"
amend Section ?, after the words ada
cent municipal town Of Palatka
Heights amend Section 1. after the
words land such adjacent municipal
or territory as may be en-
braced Herewith, if any" add the words
except the town of Palatka Heights.
Add to the bill the following Section:
Nothing in this act shall be- construed
in any way to interfere with the charter
or privileges should said town of Pa
latka Heights. But should said town
at any time desire to merge with and
become a part of the city of Palatka, II
may do so by a majority vote of its cHi-
Zens i'm such manner as may be agreed
upon between the respective Councils of
the city of Palatka Heights and the
town of Palatka-
This was agreed to. Mr.. Chandler Of
fered the following amendment: In Sec
tion 6 strike out all from and including
the word and in line three to and in
law" in line four.
Mr. Fowler moved To- adopt tho |
which was agreed TO. No |
further amendments being offered the |
bill was ordered engrO~sed for third /
reading.
In the last special the types made me |
give the amount of Judge Wt-stcott's -
tate devised t. the West Florida Semi !
nary as $aO0.UO To- S:}oo.0oo. 1t should /
be- x3J 900 TO S:'0. .O0a. CHOATE.